Reminder
The
Missions Committee of the Barnstead Parade Congregational Church will be
holding their 29th Annual Fall Fair on Saturday, November 7, 2009, at
the Church on the Parade Grounds from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be
craft items, Christmas Crafts, new items for the Bottom Drawer and
plants, as well as homemade donuts, cookies, pies, breads and many
other homebaked goodies.
A
luncheon of chowder or sandwiches, and coffee will be available.
This
fair is to benefit our Mission Funds. Come join us and meet new and old
friends.
Women’s Fellowship News
By
Joyce Beairsto
The Women’s Fellowship of the Congregational Church of
North Barnstead (UCC) recently held its election of officers for
2009-2010.
Elected
President was Connie Mitchell, Vice Pres: Nicole Smith, Recording and
Correspondence Secretary: Barbara Moulton, B/U Secretary: Jane
Fitzpatrick (e-mail distribution), Treasurer: Cate Barraford, Assistant
Treasurer: Marylee Johnson, and Queen: Lora Allison.
Several
fall projects are underway for this busy group. Members will participate
in the Barnstead Elementary School Fall Festival on Oct. 31st - selling
wonderful blueberry cakes and holding a silent auction.
The
Fellowship will sponsor its annual Pumpkin n’ Pine Fair at the Church on
Nov. 7th from 9-2.
Other
events and pot lucks are in the planning stage. The Fellowship meets
monthly in members’ homes and welcomes women from the community.
Pittsfield/Barnstead Lions Club
The
Pittsfield/Barnstead Lions Club has been in existence since 01/24/1954,
and has served the community well since that time. With membership at an
all time low, it is possible that the Lions Club will disband. The Lions
Club helps the citizens of the area with help to receive help with
eyeglasses and hearing aids.
If a
minimum of ten people will come forward and join, the Lions Club will
become active again. There needs to be a member to serve as President,
Secretary, and Treasurer. The opportunity here exists for you to:
“Hone”
your Leadership abilities.
Bring this Club back to Life.
Be a low
profile HERO.
Provide miracles to and for your many neighbors.
Help - lead - by example - Have fun doing it!!
Become
a member. Send your name with a check for $25.00, (payable to
Pittsfield/Barnstead Lions Club) and mail it to me ASAP. (Ellis Ring,
Region 3 Chair, Pittsfield/Barnstead Lions Club, P.O. Box 214,
Northwood, NH 03261-0214.) This is the new member fee for all new
Lions to Lions Clubs International. The dues for the Lions Club is
$50.00 each year.
As soon
as we receive 10 checks, a meeting date will be called for either
October 29 or November 5, the location TBA, and notification will be in
the Suncook Sun as well. We will return all checks if we do not receive
ten new members.
Please
contact me at: e-mail: [email protected]
or 603-767-9313 if you have any questions. Thank you for becoming a
member.
In
service with you,
Ellis Ring, Region 3 Chair
Letter
To my
Friends and Neighbors,
The Hike on Oct. 11 , E.I. Take-A- Hike, went
well. We had over twenty people on the ‘Sandy’s B Buddies Team and have
raised about $1500.00. It was an absolutely perfect day to hike and the
views from the top of Mt. Major were phenomenal with lots of fall color.
I was
able to make it to the top again this year thanks to all my supporters
and the good work of Dr. Peter Kaufman and his colleagues at The Norris
Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center who are doing
breast cancer research (with funds raised from this event and other
sources).
It is
not too late to donate. go to
www.EITakeAhike.org/Sandysbbuddies.
Thanks,
Sandy Burt
Barnstead
AfterSchool Enrichment Committee To Hold Meeting
The Barnstead
AfterSchool Enrichment Committee is having a meeting on Monday, Nov. 9th
at 6 P.M. at BES. Anyone interested in the task force’s progress and
future afterschool programming is invited to attend, including community
members who would like more extracurricular opportunities for their
children and/or want to contribute to the program’s development and/or
future facilitation. The agenda will include a brief progress update,
some specific question/answer time, and then open discussion of
afterschool programming ideas and concerns. Please email the task force
at [email protected] with any
questions you may have.
Pumpkin ‘N’
Pine Fair
Come one come all…let the season begin! Saturday,
November 7 is the day; 9-2 is the time; the Congregational Church of
North Barnstead at 503 North Barnstead Road, Barnstead, is the place.
The Pumpkin ‘n’ Pine Fair promises to provide a good start to your
Thanksgiving menu planning and your holiday shopping. Choose
delectable desserts from our bake table and seasonal articles to
decorate for the holidays. Bid high and bid often on the great selection
of quality gifts at the silent auction table. You’ll be able to check
off people on your list when you find the perfect gift among the crafts,
jewelry, and kids’ stuff. There is even a wide array of items for the
bird lovers on your list. Don’t forget to buy raffle tickets for the
craft basket packed with supplies for making your own special presents.
And when you need a break, visit our Schoolhouse Café for coffee and a
snack or a lunch of good, home-cooked food guaranteed to satisfy your
appetite.
See you on November 7!
Puppet
Shows In Africa
Uganda, Africa. A small country in East Africa that
borders Lake Victoria, a country that has been torn by AIDS, HIV,
numerous civil wars, and a decade of genocide at the hands of a twisted
Dictator. This country seems to have no hope, even to this day;
starvation and epidemics still destroy thousands of lives every day. In
the middle of all this are children who need to know that there is hope,
that someone does love them.
On September 23, 2009, Jared Bolstridge
(a 16 year old young man) left from New Hampshire, to join an
international puppet team, to do puppet shows across this nation. Puppet
shows that told these children of Jesus, who loves them, and gives them
hope. The team shared this message with over 20,000 kids in three
different locations across the country. On Sunday, November 1st at 4:30
PM, Jared will be sharing about his trip to Africa and the great things
that happened while he was there. There will also be an update from the
men who went on a recent missions trip to Children’s Bible Fellowship in
New York. All are invited to come.
For more information, call the
church at 269-8831. The church is located on Route 126, next to the Town
Hall.
Prospect
Mountain High School Holds School Wide Contest
Submitted by Pam
Plante OTR/L
Zachary
McGee
The
students at Prospect Mountain High School have been issued a challenge
to help a fellow student with disabilities as he starts a business.
Zachary McGee, who is 19, lives in Alton, NH, and attends Prospect
Mountain High School, is starting a business that he hopes will give
back to his local communities. The school is sponsoring a contest to
assist him in the naming of his new business and designing a logo to go
with it.
Students will have until October 30th to come up with a
catchy name that describes his business and a logo to depict the name.
The name and design should indicate his business is a local errand
business. For a very small fee, Zach and his helpers will run errands
around town, such as going to the post office, the bank, the grocery
store or picking up prescriptions. He can return or pick up books from
the library or any other errand you may think of. Full contest
rules are available throughout the high school and completed entries
should be turned into Mrs. Felipe. The winning entry will be picked the
first week in November and that student will receive a dozen Dunkin
Doughnuts, plus recognition in local newspapers. Follow-up articles will
appear as his business develops to keep the communities informed of the
services he can offer.
The name should: Be short and catchy, Include
Zach, Zachary or Z, Relate to the type of business, Either be original
or come from the following list: A to Z Delivery, Z Run Z, Round
Town Errandz, Buzz Around Errandz, Z’Errandz.
The design/logo should:
Incorporate a wheelchair. Perhaps incorporate types of errands
(groceries, mail, pharmacy, library, bank, etc.)
Have square
dimensions to be easily enlarged or minimized for various advertisement
formats.
For questions, please contact Jackie Clark at
[email protected]
